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CCWBRA's new Racing Handbook has been updated for the 2013 racing season and is now available below for your viewing! CCWBRA will no longer distribute Racing Handbooks to all members; however, the Handbook will remain accessible here and on our Tech.…

Five Cocktail Class Runabouts participated in the 2012 Sultana Projects Downrigging Weekend, an annual Tall Ship and Wooden Boat Festival held on the waterfront in Chestertown, MD. The Rock Hall-based Urbani family and friends were the only Cocktail Class racers…

Our 2012 season is drawing to a close and I would like to thank the many individuals who helped plan, host, and race in our regattas and supported our shows and demonstration events. Two individuals in particular deserve special recognition.…

The best showing of these racing machines yet - built by you!! 23 boats and 35 drivers participated in this year's National Championship at Rock Hall Yacht Club. We instituted a 6 HP Heavyweight Division (min. weight 200#) which carried 2 heats and a…

As an added safety feature to the requirement of helmets for race drivers, we are now selling bright-yellow CCWBRA logo stickers for application on your helmets. They are 3.25" in diameter and are sold in sets of 2 for $10.00. Please visit…

Women dominated the WoodenBoat Show again this year with Ann Dunbar taking first place for WoodenBoat, away from Ben Coutu of Mystic Seaport - a close second. Ann was racing in one of the new CLC kit boats with Ben…

Two incidents with Cocktail Class Racers, which resulted in loss of driver control, have highlighted the need for kill switches. Installation of a kill switch is a relatively easy process and well within the capabilities of outboard owners. See our Technical Support page…

In 2011, CCWBRA authorizerd Chesepeake Light Craft of Annapolis, MD to manufacture and sell a Skua Kit that meets all measurement requirements for registering and racing in CCWBRA sanctioned regattas. A one-year membership is included in the purchase of a…

Cocktail Class Racers are featured in an episode of the History Channel's TV series Modern Marvels. The show, titled "Wood," was first aired on 19 December 2011. CLC partially built four different stitch-and-glue CCR kits to different stages of construction…